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The Social Medicine Paper Award was established in 1996. It was renamed the Alan W. Cross Social Medicine Paper Award in 2012 in honor of the late chair of the department. The award recognizes exceptional scholarship by students in social medicine. Such work, which may occur in Social and Health Systems courses or electives with department faculty, should epitomize the integration of social and clinical thinking, apply social science and humanities perspectives to the world of science, and exemplify creative efforts to convey or represent the experiences of patients, physicians, and others related to health, illness, or treatment. The winner is awarded a cash prize and a certificate.

Alan W. Cross Social Medicine Paper Award Recipients

  • 2023 Mary Gainer Mariyampillai
  • 2022 Reece Carter and Christian Goodwin
  • 2021 Cambray Smith
  • 2020 Nina Moiseiwitsch
  • 2019 Hannah Boutros
  • 2018 Elizabeth Hanson
  • 2017 Constance Morrison
  • 2016 Tendai Kwaramba
  • 2015 Jennifer Claytor
  • 2014 Eric Tan
  • 2013 Jenny J. Shen
  • 2012 Brooke Crossley and Stephen D. Kimmel
  • 2011 Daniel J. Green
  • 2010 Rachel Hines
  • 2009 Kelly Salter
  • 2008 Gabriel Cade
  • 2007 Stefan J. Mlot
  • 2006 Rebecca D. Silver
  • 2005 Vaia Y. Sigounas
  • 2004 Christy Barbee
  • 2003 Juliet E. Klasing and Savannah N. Crites
  • 2002 Paul D. Ossman
  • 2001 Laura Raftery
  • 2000 Claire Farel
  • 1999 Rachel E. Reisner
  • 1998 Jeffrey Kaiser
  • 1997 Ramesh Krishnaraj